Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If you want to learn about cause and effect, you must use the experimental method.
2. The biggest advantage of the experimental method is its high ecological validity.
3. When participants in an experiment all receive multiple different experimental conditions, it is
called a between-subjects design.
4. All connectionist models share the assumption that there must be a central processor that
directs the flow of information.
5. Evolutionary psychologists believe that we can only understand how a cognitive system
works if we understand how evolutionary forces shaped the system in certain directions.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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a. factorial b. between-subjects c. within-subjects d. survey
According to Piaget, _____ occur when an infant combines secondary actions to achieve a simple goal
a. secondary circular reactions b. coordination of secondary schemes c. tertiary circular reactions d. beginning of thought
Matthew used to like strawberries and tried some frozen strawberry daiquiris one night. After the sixth daiquiri, Matthew became extremely ill. Now Matthew finds that even the smell of strawberries can make him feel nauseated. In this example of classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus is:
a. the illness that followed the sixth strawberry daiquiri b. the strawberry daiquiris that Matthew consumed c. the smell of strawberries d. the nausea that Matthew feels when he smells strawberries
X O represents the
a. one-group pretest-posttest design b. one-shot case study c. posttest control group design d. one-group posttest only design